[gentoo-dev] static vs dynamic doc ref?

[Michael Cummings]

Can someone point me to the documentation regarding "If it's possible to create
either a dynamic or static library, you should create both." (paraphrase of
something vapier said at one point many moons ago, but I'm not trying to hold
mike against that). I ask because I sense a new release of perl looming in the
near future, and everytime one of the questions we're asked is why we build both
a static and a dynamic library for perl (and to be honest, since perl isn't one
of those apps you need running in an emergency single user boot - that i'm aware
of anyway - I never have a good reference). 

And yes, given the option, I'd do away with sys-devel/libperl all together and
just build the library once, preferably dynamically since it leaves a smaller
footprint for perl ;)

~mcummings

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